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Gr«*Kam Outlook Todoy Magazin« W«d
S«pt. 1. 1982 Sandy Po»t, Thur»
S«p) 2 1982
Stautz opens new era at Gresham
Gresham High School starts a new era in its football pro
gram this year.
Well, sort of.
Gary Stautz takes over the head coaching reins from Dick
Flood, who resigned last March after eight seasons and
became the school's vice principal
But if you're figuring on any major changes with the
Gophers this fail, forget it Stautz was one of Flood's
assistants for four years before moving up to the top spot in
the pre j a m and as such, was one of the main architects of
the team's offense
"As far as looks go, we won’t be different from the past,"
says Stautz. "We looked at what has been successful for us
We condensed some things and added some things "
One of the things Stautz has added is what he hopes will be
an improved passing game In recent years, Gresham has
been a grindit-out, five-yards and a grass stain team While
that approach added up to impressive figures in rushing yar
dage and the win column — a 31-10 record over the last four
seasons and two state playoff appearances — it has also
made the (¿ophs just a tad predictable Stautz is hoping a lit
tle more passing mixed in will change that
"W e'll be able to run the ball if we want to but one of the
things we've learned is that we have to throw, loo." he says
To that end, Stautz has the personnel on hand, especially at
quarterback Mike Palmer (Jr., 6-1, 170), last year's starter,
is back and so is Tom Eubanks (Sr., 6-3, 175), who was ex
pected to start last year but suffered a broken thumb on his
throwing hand that limited his playing time to short stints at
defensive back Both are talented and. perhaps as important,
neither is lacking in intelligence, as evidenced by their honor
roll status as students
Todd Nagel (Sr .5-9,160) gives Stautz a third alternative at
quarterback
On the receiving end in Stautz' passing scheme will likely
be Gabe (¿omez (Sr . 5 8, 155» and Steve Belmore (Sr , 6-1,
170», both of whom have experience
Of course, every Gresham team can be expected to have an
authoritative ground attack and this one is no exception
Brian llargood and Darin Humphreys are expected to fill two
of the running back spots with junior Shawn Sitzman a can
didate, also Stautz will also go with a fullback, but hasn't set
tied on a candidate for that spot
Whoever starts in the Gresham backfield will have a
bulldozer of an offensive line to run behind At tackles are
Staff photo* by Cheryl Blankenship
Gopher roach Cary Stautz ha» taken over the head job after four years as an assistant.
Kich Haggerty (Sr.. 6-2, 230) and Kirt Voas (Sr , 6-5, 242),
both mobile Other line candidates are only slightly smaller
- guys like Steve Mick (Sr . 6^2.210), Vic Rixe (Sr .64). 195»,
Mike Shade (Sr . 64), 215), Adam Eyler (Sr , 6-1,196> and Pat
Williams (Sr., 6-3, 218). Jim (¿oanell (Sr . 5-11, 180* will pro
bably be the Gophs' center.
(¿resham led the Wilco League in total defense last year,
allowing only ’ .3 yards per snap and 66 points for the season
Those totals may not be equaled by this year s team, but the
Gophers have the potential to uo it.
Hagerty and Humphreys started for last year’s defense
and Eubanks and Brian Hug (Sr , 5-11, 180) saw action in the
secondary.
Dp front, Stautz didn I have his personnel set, but figure
Voas, Mick, Hixe. Shade, Eyler. Williams and Gosnell to be in
there somewhere
Stautz also has plenty of capable players populating his
secondary. Besides Hug and Eubanks, Palmer and Nagel
may also turn up along with Jeff Keller, Cary Gaylord and
Troy Wolf, a transfer from Sandy
"We do have some depth," Stautz says. "One of the keys to
our season will be how well we mesh defensively. But we
won’t be doing much of anything different ”
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